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Open thread for whatever flips your flapjack.

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  • gypsy

    my spatula says what up bitches first! ;)

  • dontpanic23

    My spoon says your spatula is flat.

  • cminri

    Spazzy Santelli is the opening piece on the Nightly News….and so it rolls…

  • gypsy

    my spatula says your spoon has a big butt!

  • dontpanic23

    But my fork loves that curve on the back of your spatula? Did I break this thing?

  • dontpanic23

    Down here we say “and so it biscuits”.and my spoon is proud of its big butt, thank you.

  • gypsy

    i’m from “down here” and i haven’t heard that. what does it mean?

  • dontpanic23

    Hey Joe, whenever you arrive, your voice rocks. I got to hear the podcast this afternoon. Always behind (no, Gyps, not my spoon’s butt–the other behind).

  • dontpanic23

    I made it up. I must be stoned on life.

  • dontpanic23

    or something.

  • gypsy

    hehe…stoned? i’m shocked dp! ;)

  • dontpanic23

    Hey, the kid needs a job. I ran across the stash. I had to make the sacrifice so he can go a month and pass a test and start paying for some of the fucking assload of food he eats.What can I say.

  • dontpanic23

    *must find doritoes*

  • gypsy

    ah, munches kicked in. i am fixing a salmon burger tonight. yummie yummie

  • gypsy

    to say “i’m fixing” is really southern isn’t it?! yikes…

  • dontpanic23

    Much like “carrying” someone to work. Very southern, yep.

  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl

    I’m fixin’ to hog tie me some Santelli!

  • dontpanic23

    Carlos! That’s “hawg tie”.

  • gypsy

    i might have said fixing but i fo’ damn sure didn’t say fixin’….

  • dontpanic23

    (Joe is going to have so much fun with the local language when he gets here).

  • dontpanic23

    It’s alright, Gyps. That word was part of Woodstock.

  • ElMystico

    Bwahahahaha… Thank you Michael Steele. Let’s go…beyond the cutting edge and be urban and…what was that about a midget? Are you running the Republican party or an MTV ad campaign?

  • ceu

    I just saw the Santelli clip on MSNBC. Thing is…he’s usually like that. I used to watch Squawk Box every morning & that clip is pretty typical Rick Santelli…

  • gypsy

    dp, joe won’t be able to understand 90 percent of the people down here. i am from here and i only understand about 50 percent!

  • dontpanic23

    Same here, Gyps. I arrived at age five so it’s still like a second language sometimes.I feel so lost. The tv is on NCIS right now. I get it at 8 for KO.

  • ceu

    Oh my….Buchanan and Dyson going at it on Hardball over race. Buchanan is insane.

  • dontpanic23

    I bet he’s screaming. I hate it when he screams.

  • veralynn

    what’s up all?I like NCIS DP

  • GIthePotato

    This is just a quick pop in, but I am in the United States Army which is comprised of 85% southern folk. I have had soldiers from Montgomery Alabama and couldn’t understand a damn word he said for about four months. I have soldiers from Oklahoma that would put NC to shame with their accent.I am going to the gym for a couple hours but I will be right back. Peace.

  • veralynn

    I have only heard Pat speak sanely once. It was the night of the 2006 elections and as the repugs were losing the shit out of everything, he said something like….wow, the GOP is getting their butts handed to them…I had to rewind to make sure I heard correctlyand wow, “fixin” to do something, I don’t even realize when I say it anymore

  • dontpanic23

    I like NCIS a lot. I just usually watch it on weekends.Hello pop-in, going to buff up THE Potato. It’s funny when you listen to someone from Scotland talking with someone from mountainous NC/VA/TN. There are eerie similarities right alongside downright foreign differences.

  • dontpanic23

    I kick myself a couple of times a year when Pat says something that I agree with. It’s very painful on several levels.

  • veralynn

    heh yes it is DP

  • dontpanic23

    Carlos? Was it the “hawg” remark?

  • gypsy

    >>>There are eerie similarities right alongside downright foreign differences.so true…

  • Packy

    I know that what’s been happening in a small, isolated village in western Alaska is of little consequence to most people in the Continental US.However, thanks to the work of those “bored, pathetic bloggers who lie” to “annoy Sarah Palin,” CNN and a few other MSM outlets have been covering the fact that people in Emmonak have been having to choose between freezing or not eating.As the Muckraker points out, Sarah Palin, with Billy Graham’s kid Franklin in tow, will now be grabbing a headline by finally visiting an Alaska village that she has done nothing to help (since she has to take care of those Very Important national Republican duties instead).Gawd, I want to be RID OF THIS WOMAN!

  • Packy

    I stand corrected. Sarah’s not even arsing herself to visit the village that’s hurting!Stupid, self-serving, sanctimoniuos c*nt!

  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl

    Carlos? Was it the “hawg” remark?

    Yes, DP. It took me an hour to recover from that sideswiping. Actually, I was getting liquored up for tonight’s PTT. ;)

  • dontpanic23

    Good’n liquored and doubleposting!Packy, she personifies the term “c**t”.

  • kansasdem

    Holy shit! I spent the day having medical tests and procedures done, but upon returning home I find an email (boiler-plate for sure) from Kansas Senator Brownback. As I said several days ago, I did contact both of my Senators and House rep Jerry Moran before their final vote on the “recovery and reinvestment” bill!Well, shock of all shocks, I got a response from Brownback:”"I voted against the stimulus bill because a huge increase in government spending is not the answer our economy needs. There are some good provisions in this bill, but not nearly enough to outweigh the overwhelming bad. This stimulus package threatens to be the beginning of our next bubble – a big-government bubble, where we try to use debt and leverage to spend our way into prosperity. We are considering an amount of spending that, even when adjusted for inflation, far outstrips the New Deal, the Louisiana Purchase, the Marshal Plan or the Moon Race.”The stimulus package, passed by both the House and Senate, has a $787 billion price tag. It is the single biggest increase in the deficit in American history. The bill increased the debt limit to an all-time high of $12 trillion, and represents 5.5% of the GDP.”The hastily constructed bill being labeled as stimulus is not a good plan to help our economy weather the recession. It is a highly leveraged, speculative bet on larger government and massive long-term spending as a cure for our economic troubles. This is the largest spending bill ever and it’s been done in the most rushed fashion I’ve ever seen. In conference, the bad parts of the bill got bigger and the good parts got smaller.”"In the history of the Republic, the largest stimulus package we’ve had was 1.5% of GDP; this bill is over 5.5% of GDP, although most of this bill isn’t stimulus, it’s simply big-government spending. There is only $76 billion in actual stimulative tax cuts in this bill, out of $787 billion; less than 10% of this bill offers true stimulative tax cuts. With this spending plan we are using a speculative bet on government, using our children’s future as leverage.”Anyone care to point out all of the falsehoods (lies) in that statement????????????I’m just going to get stoned! Oh, and this is why Governor Sebelius would be a bad choice for HHS! She could win Brownback’s Senate seat in 2010!

  • dontpanic23

    *passing the bong to Kansas*

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    My spatula is whacking Cal Thomas in the face, over and over.I’m penning a letter to the editor after his hysterical op-ed appeared in our paper today. Really, it’s so loony you can’t help but laugh.Basically, Thomas repeats Betsy McCaughey’s bullshit about health information technology in the stimulus package and then segues to abortion and euthanasia. Yes, according to Tom any attempts to improve medical efficiency will inevitably lead us down the slippery slope to Soylent Green because Obama wants to kill your babies and eat your grandma.

  • veralynn

    it kills me how these people who have been on a spending spree for 8 years, helping the few, suddenly find out that we will have to pay for all this crap later….and nw, screw the evershrinking middle class and increasingly larger lower class

  • veralynn

    and can I say how I love Jonathon Turley?

  • dontpanic23

    Turley’s the shit, yes indeed.

  • dontpanic23

    WTF? I know I saw Carl’s post twice. Now it is only there once. I’m losing it, ‘DABers.

  • ceu

    Jesus, Packy. She’s going for the publicity & the photo ops….how is it possible for the governor of a state to be that unconcerned about the fate of the constituents? Why is this woman still in office??Do you have links to where we can donate to help the people who are hurting so badly in Emmonak?

  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl

    You scared me, DP. Maybe I’m not posting double, you’re just seeing double, in which case, please pass whatever it is you’re taking.

  • Nicky

    GDAB community! I have a dilemma and I don’t know where to start..I figured I could come here and get a few suggestions?I am a very liberal college student living in Utah. In a small town in Utah. (It’s a long story) To give you an idea of how conservative this county is, the vote went 80-20 for McCain on November 4th. A few times there have been movies I have wanted to see in theaters that never played here because “the man” blocked their showing. That alone was pretty infuriating.Recently I saw that Religulous the Bill Maher documentary was coming out in Red Box Feb 17th. Today I went to three different Red Boxes in town with Religulous advertised that did not carry the movie. I know for a fact they weren’t all rented out.I get the creepy feeling that something fishy is going on here. But I didn’t know that a nationwide company could be restricted by a religious authority. Not in the United States.Any ideas on how to research this or find out what the deal is? Something is not right here..

  • Packy

    Ceu:I’m not sure, anymore.But the guy who went to Emmonak and filmed the plight of the villagers (footage run by CNN in a special segment) is Dennis Zaki.He may have a link on his blog.

  • veralynn

    “It was a wonderful dream, a post partisan America..insert tweety-here’s a hard lesson for you–what happened to Obama’s to end politics as usual? Can we still change Washington?–insert tweety-these questions are pivotal–harball with cm tomorrowWTF? Liberl Media? Where?

  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl

    Nicky, unless you think you might be physically harmed, I would ask why it was advertised as being carried in the store, but it wasn’t in. Maybe talk to the manager about it in a completely innocent way and ask if it’s out and when it is scheduled to be returned and if you can reserve it. I’m sure you’ll figure it out by that point if they ended up in a bonfire.I’d also call the regional manager and let them know. Money talks and if they see that they’re losing business because someone in those particular stores are selectively refusing to rent out movies, they’ll look into it.

  • jane

    Hey Tweety had Taibbi on. (rewinds)

  • jane

    Sorry. Smerk had Taibbi on.

  • dontpanic23

    Carlos, I passed it to Kansas.Nicky, that sounds like a Stephen King plot but it doesn’t surprise me, I suppose. Utah is thick in its majority powers-that-be, which makes anything conspiratorial possible to likely.

  • jane

    I got home late. I was out waiting in line for my Socialist handout. No, wait, I was working my ass off. And I missed all the fun today.

  • jane

    Y’all hear that Fred Phelps was denied entry into Britain, because he might spread extremism? I love it.

  • jane

    Sorry. Back to sleep, everyone.

  • dontpanic23

    JANE! Howdy. Get Carlos to pass the bong along.

  • jane

    Carlos, stop bogarting. Bitch.

  • gypsy

    nicky, i second what carl said!taibbi on tweet?!?! i missed my hunkahunk of burning love?! (wow. never had to spell that before. ever. and never will i again)if i get myself arrested in a minute which one of you can i call?! i’m about to bitch at my neighbor over newly installed floodlights that are suspiciously directed at my house!

  • jane

    Gypsy, I fucking hate that shit. I have similar likewise completely oblivious neighbors.My instinct, not the best one, is to repay in kind. (Heh, I have access to some bright-ass lights.)

  • gypsy

    hahaha…if our houses weren’t gated i have a crew of animals i would send over!

  • ceu

    did you talk to them & point out the problem?

  • jane

    DP? Violent pies? (what did I say about violent pies with rocks?)Eh, fuck it. So tired.

  • dontpanic23

    Now who’s stoned?

  • ceu

    east coasters – we need to talk over the weekendand…there may be committees involved. You know that that means if you don’t show up, you could be named chairman of something. just sayin’

  • jane

    That sounds important, Chris. Are we in trouble?I didn’t do it.

  • dontpanic23

    Chris, can I get dibs on Hawg Tying Czar?

  • Kat

    What’s happening, you crazy bunch o’ stoners?I saw that on the group wall, Chris. What exactly are we meeting about? And can I be chairperson of the Rachel Maddow Is Hot Committee?

  • jane

    Yay! A $300 gas bill this month. (Remind me why the fuck I had the furnace fixed?)

  • dontpanic23

    Thanks, Jane. Now I feel guilty and don’t know why.

  • veralynn

    I thought that was a given Kat, your chairwomanship

  • gypsy

    chris, today is the first with the floodlight problem but it is just one thing after another with these rich douchebags!what do we need to talk about? jane did it (said while pointing)

  • Kat

    I just have to be sure, veralynn. Sometimes Elvis and Carl try to nudge into my territory.

  • jane

    Fuck ‘em, Kat. They got the wrong parts. (Or so they would have us believe.)

  • veralynn

    I got your back kat…all things Rachel are yours

  • dontpanic23

    Wait…I want to be Chief Cow Tipper.I actually found myself saying I was going to start cow-tipping today when I was looking at the price of ground beef.

  • jane

    Chris! Some of us are dying of curiosity.

  • dontpanic23

    Yes, Chris. Do tell. And why are we leaving out our non-eastern friends? They might get hostile and sic origins on us.

  • veralynn

    I defer that to you as well DP…I have lived such a sheltered life, I have never done that. Did I grow up in the South?

  • gypsy

    kat. did you read last night how we were wrong about fe AGAIN! she is not lesbian! she keeps us on our toes abd i love it…btw…anybody other than myself find it hot that the sexy vocal box we experienced last night is inside of a body that is working out right now?! imagine a grunt of exertion coming out of him. meow…

  • dontpanic23

    Vera, I’ve secretly never done it either and know no one who has–I’m thinking it might be like snipe hunting. My daughter had a shirt that said Cow Tipping Team and loved it until she apparently looked up what it meant. I think it disappeared.

  • Kat

    I wondered about the east coast thing to, DP. Maybe we’re just practicing our snobby elitistness.Come on, Chris!!! Don’t leave us in suspense!!!

  • veralynn

    well if I have enough jaegger, maybenah, I love chik fil a too much

  • veralynn

    go to the group on FB

  • jane

    Hey Kat, you coming to Raleigh to see Avett brothers?

  • Teh Minx

    Do you mean the animals? Or the neighbors?

  • jane

    CHRIS! Get going with WHAT??

  • Kat

    I didn’t know they were going to be there, Jane – but I just looked. And they are with Dave?!?! I may have to go!!! Are you?

  • GIthePotato

    What’d I miss?

  • jane

    Haven’t seen them yet, but I’ve been meaning to. I just hate that amphitheatre, if that’s the show you’re seeing.

  • Kat

    I’ve never been. Are they playing anywhere else in the Raleigh area?

  • gypsy

    gi, did you grunt from exertion?! jane wants to know…

  • Teh Minx

    Will someone tell me what th’ hell is going on?? I’m stuck here in the clueless Midwest with Elvis on his Farm ‘O Doom. Also, pass the bong. Also, Emsique, pass the recipe for the lesbian sugar cookies!!

  • gypsy

    i want to know what this meeting is about also…i am all kinds of nervous…

  • jane

    Joe, you’ve missed all the ladies imagining you working out. And Chris is up to something East-Coasty but she’s being coy. Also, fe swings both ways.

  • jane

    Also, Gypsy has asshole neighbors, and Avett Brothers rock.

  • ceu

    Wow.No one did anything wrong (that i can do anything about).I’m not purposely leaving out the other parts of the country – they’re invited to attend.Actually – can a group chat be done over on FB? that might be a good thing…

  • GIthePotato

    Lesbian Sugar Cookie Recipe by Josh:One part young womanOne part crazy ex boyfriendOne part divorce/custody agreementOne part physical/mental abuseOne part geneticsOne cup of butterTwo pounds of sugarBake at 350 for 15 years

  • jane

    Chris, I think you are a secret masochist and you have a desire to herd cats.

  • veralynn

    OMG I completely forgt!! I had a frien who went to the inuagaration and she sent me a shirt, 2 hats, a button that says “I was there” and a very, very cool metro card thingyYeah!!!

  • veralynn

    I was so excited I forgot how to spell*forgot*friend

  • Kat

    Chris, did you win the lottery and are planning a trip for all of us? Is that what all the secrecy is about? You are the best. And I want to be roommates with Joe. And I think we should invite fe, even if she is a west-coaster.In order to do group chats on FB, I think you have to download an application and some people (*cough* Jane), don’t like applications. We could just have Carl open up a discussion board for us. And do we have any east-coasters who are not FB?

  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl

    I think it’s me, but I can’t make heads or tails out of this thread.

  • gypsy

    haha…that’s funny joe. i think i’m a divorce and 7 years away from being done.

  • dontpanic23

    Now pass Joe the bong. We can imagine him grunting while stoned.

  • jane

    I still want to know what we are discussing. Is that so wrong?

  • jane

    Carlos, I’m as lost as you are. Maybe more beer will help. (glug glug)

  • ceu

    It’s not a secret but I don’t want to talk about it now because then we’ll talk about it now.No – I WISH I won the lottery….just be there, ok?pick a damn time

  • gypsy

    i thought we discuss here on the nightly?!

  • dontpanic23

    Jane, I’m eskeered. Just the word meeting or group anything and I’m under the desk (which will be awkward now that I have this gizmo and the boy-child is sitting at the desk).

  • Kat

    We aren’t talking about it now because we’ll talk about it now? Okay, which one of you jokers gave Chris the fucked up weed?

  • gypsy

    ok. damn i love a good wait and see. (when it turns out fun and just the way i would have done it…hehe) when we doing this?!

  • Kat

    And I’m good with Saturday afternoon/evening. Which is really pathetic, so I’m not going to think about it further.

  • dontpanic23

    *oops*It was skunk, too.

  • jane

    I am Jane F.H., and I’m a PTT-aholic.

  • jane

    Cescaholic?

  • gypsy

    >>>We aren’t talking about it now because we’ll talk about it now? Okay, which one of you jokers gave Chris the fucked up weed?keekeekee

  • GIthePotato

    *receives bong**performs a Michael Phelps**some asshole takes pictures**some asshole gets knock the fuck out*Who has the doritos and some ice for my hand?Adding…Wheat thins, cheddar cheese, spicy mustard and dill pickle slices.

  • Teh Minx

    Count me in, whatever it is. Gyps, call me–I got your back, or front, or whatever.The recipe I was looking for was for the sugar cookies that the lesbians made with the “special” butter that can get a person buzzzzzed….

  • gypsy

    YES! CESCAHOLIC!!!!! gd awesome jane!

  • dontpanic23

    *and Bob’s head swells a few times over*

  • gypsy

    >>>Adding…Wheat thins, cheddar cheese, spicy mustard and dill pickle slices.was that you in my kitchen?!

  • GIthePotato

    My name is JOE and I am a Cescaholic. Even more so after talking with the Jedi Master and his probe droid Lee.

  • Kat

    Rachel just referenced “The West Wing.” Elvis just came all over his keyboard. I would say fe did too, but you know…

  • jane

    Goddamn East Coast!

  • GIthePotato

    gypsy, is kitchen code for vagina?

  • Kat

    Once again, Joe, let me say that you did a great job last night. You sounded really awesome, and I mean that in a beyond-sexual way.

  • GIthePotato

    Kat, thanks!I am now forming a complex about my voice. Is it possible that every time I have gotten laid it wasn’t from my boyish good looks but my radio voice?

  • veralynn

    it is your brain and then your voice GI :)

  • jane

    Joe, the voice didn’t hurt. But we’ll all assume you’re just hot looking to start with.Shhhh. Let us think it.

  • Kat

    My lame self is headed off to bed – let me know what time we’re meeting this weekend to discuss THE SECRET. So exciting!!

  • veralynn

    nite Kat

  • dontpanic23

    I’m gone with Kat. No, rephrase that. Goodnight.

  • veralynn

    nite DP

  • jane

    Night, NC lameass early birds.

  • jane

    Aw fuck, nice smack down from Miz The Rachel of Mister The Man-On-Dog Santorum! “We’re broadcasting in American!”

  • gypsy

    i wish kitchen was code for my vagina. and joe i think guys could get laid just by sticking close to you as you speak.

  • jane

    Even my hopelessly straight self got a little hot by Rachel from that.

  • gypsy

    was taibbi on chris first middle end? i am only tuning in for that part.

  • fe

    hopelessly straight, Jane?what the fuck is going on with Chris and the east coast and the FB page?

  • jane

    Very end, Gyps. Worth watching. Smerk says he’s hot, then says “We’re taking a sex break” (commercial break) and Taibbi says “Huh??!?”

  • gypsy

    thanks janiepoo. i gave a shout out to liberal whiteys on some thread today. hehe…

  • ceu

    Looks like it will be around 4 on Sat. Be there or be square.

  • jane

    Howdy Feo. You weren’t supposed to see that.

  • fe

    an open thread on fb or the GDAB? wtf, ceu?

  • fe

    hey, Jane! I’ll live.

  • jane

    Gypsy, I saw your liberal white male shout.

  • gypsy

    4 on sat?! does that work for everyone? if it works for everyone else i will make it work for me. because i’m a cescaholic and i am NO QUITTER!

  • fe

    I’ll be there, I have no life. Also, I’m super curious.Hiya, Gyps!

  • gypsy

    i think a rock song needs to be made with that title…”with a liberal white male shout…she wants more…more….more….more more more….”

  • jane

    “with a kill whitey shout out…”

  • gypsy

    hiya cutie! i got the cutest shoes from “target” today…el cheapo and i lovo!

  • fe

    ooh, post a picture on FB! I love shoes.Also, Ceu, is the open thread we’re meeting on gonna be on FB or are you gonna bribe Bob to put it up here?

  • jane

    gyps, feo, check yer fb inboxes.

  • gypsy

    “she screams more…more….moreeeeee….and when they shut rush the fuck up…she’ll give them more…more….more….all they want morrrreeeeee”

  • veralynn

    goodnight all

  • gypsy

    i post a pic on your wall fe…

  • jane

    Night, miss Vera.

  • Lyle

    Well, good evening Bobettes. I hope you’re feeling better Jane. I’ll piss off so you gals don’t get bummed out by an intruder on Bob’s “open” thread. You should all get to bed so you’re not late for school tomorrow.Smile.

  • Teh Minx

    Is de Midwest in on dis too, aina-hey??

  • GIthePotato

    I nominate Jane for the talk show next week. As a card carrying member of the “Group of Cowards” I feel it is my duty to hear Ms. Frommell systematically dismantle Lee for being a devil’s advocate.

  • GIthePotato

    I just listened to the talk show from last night and if you listen closely you can hear me lighting up cigarettes and smoking like I am trying to save the world with my mind. Plus Bob and Lee were killing talking about smoking.

  • gypsy

    gi stop smoking the ciggies. it will ruin your sexy talker!

  • ceu

    FBthe group

  • Teh Minx

    Hey Lyle– How are you? You will find that things are much looser, so to speak, on the PTT. We are friendly, very friendly–but let us get to know you as a person, not just an opinion.

  • ceu

    You should all get to bed so you’re not late for school tomorrow.how to make friends……Yes, Minx, you can come. anyone who wants can.

  • gypsy

    lyle be nice…i am pulling for you to be a good guy for some reason!

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    To the Editor, Times Daily:Watch out! The stimulus bill will kill your babies and eat your grandmother! In his op-ed printed here last Thursday, Cal Thomas said that H.R. 1 creates a new government agency to ration your health care – the first step on the slippery slope to Soylent Green. Be afraid! Be very afraid!Or not. The National Coordinator of Health Information Technology isn’t ‘new’ at all: President Bush signed it into existence in 2004. Whoops.And ‘comparative effectiveness review,’ or CER, isn’t new, either – in fact, it goes on all the time. Anyone who has ever haggled with an insurance company over a Prior Authorization, ‘step therapy,’ or a Tier III copay has met the phenomenon.Drug manufacturers market new, expensive remedies to replace old, cheap ones. While there is nothing wrong with profit, there is nothing immoral in saving a buck, and insurance industry CER studies often find that a certain three-dollar pill is no more effective than a two-cent generic tablet.Insurers have this information. Doctors need it, and patients want it. The stimulus bill simply puts that research into everyone’s hands so they can all save money.But Thomas denounces this as a secret plan to promote abortion, a spectacular change of subject that has nothing to do with medical research. He is activating the reader’s reflexive hindbrain: ‘Stimulus bill equals abortion! Save the babies!’He then segues to euthanasia, invoking the science fiction horror of elderly folk put down for convenience’s sake. But there is nothing about euthanasia in the bill, and no mandate for any government official to make such decisions. These accusations are puerile nonsense.Moreover, they are pharmaceutical industry propaganda. Thomas’s “source” is Betsy McCaughey, a writer for the conservative Hudson Institute. Said institute is supported in part by Eli Lilly, Novartis, Merck, and the industry lobbying group PhRMA – the very entities who stand to lose most when doctors and patients have the same information that insurance companies enjoy.Not only is Thomas writing fictional op-eds, he’s quoting an industry shill as ‘proof.’ It is a mystery why newspapers print this tinfoil-hat garbage. It would be a better fit for the Weekly World News.

  • GIthePotato

    Lyle, you need to identify yourself as friend or foe. I believe that I and IRON are the only students on the PTT and I may take offense to your words unless you confirm your identity.

  • Lyle

    I hate to say. You know, the expression “how are you?” is not something that someone says and really wants to hear…”well, my neck is really sore and ….”.And what the heck? Very friendly? A well guarded secret it seemed to me, but maybe I’m a slow learner…although gypsy seemed very nice from the start.I feel that a lot of people are really really quick to think the worst and then blow up. Like poor Lee a few nights ago. I was quite surprised at the reaction. Ooops. I’m blathering.Fine, thanks. How are you?

  • Teh Minx

    Hello to you Gyps, my sex kitteh– how are you? And what are you wearing??Chris– is the time Eastern Standard on Sat? And We meet at the FB site?

  • fe

    Lyle, a lot of us had perfect reason to eviscerate Lee. He has made several posts in the same vein beforehand; if it was an isolated event of dickishness, we would’ve let it go.

  • gypsy

    HAHA…lyle, fooled ya sucker! i kid. i kid. guys if he thought lee was coo coo for cocoa puffs the other night he has to at least be sometimes with us!

  • Lyle

    I’ve only checked in a few times here, and before that I got to see Travis get eviscerated, and when I asked about it I was told it also was because of a pattern. Maybe if you played “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” just before you clicked the enter key….

  • gypsy

    oh snap…rewind my last lyle comment…lee provoked that! and now i resume my plot to kill you lyle!

  • SillyGit

    Greetings Cescans.I’m fixin’ to be sane one of these days.With the right wingers all turned psychotic, the novelty has worn off.

  • fe

    or perhaps, Lyle, if you would stop assuming we are all assholes.

  • Teh Minx

    Lyle, When I ask how someone is, I really want to know–good or bad. I can understand how the posts looked from Lee’s thread the other day. From what I could see, Lee was trying to ask a hypothetical question that was taken a completely different way from the start.Gyps & I are good friends, Lyle, and if she is taking you as a good guy, I am as well.

  • Lyle

    gypsy, when I woke up this morning and noticed that I was not dead, I thought about you. And then, I figured I should really be thinking about people who have accomplished something…bet I wake up tomorrow also not dead.

  • GIthePotato

    IRON, I assume everyone is an asshole or is that has an asshole? It is a family philosophy.

  • gypsy

    hey minxy…gurl, i am rocking a pair of yoga pants, tank and a little cropped wrap thingie…wow. i really told you want i was wearing. boring. i will strip asap and get out my leatha’…;)

  • jane

    Lyle, I bet you wake up still an asshole.Smile.

  • SillyGit

    Excellent letter Matt O. Very nicely done.

  • gypsy

    lyle when i ninja chop your head off i will show you accomplishment!and i think i am the only one that likes travis too…

  • Lyle

    Minx, sorry. Actually, not feeling very well. Hope you are in the pink of health. I’ve got to get to bed or my border collie will be upset. No nasty comments, she’s over three. Later

  • GIthePotato

    Lyle, where exactly would you like your 53 body parts? I was thinking Alaska because it has been nominated as the TAINT of the United States.What have you accomplished today? Did you listen to the full 3 hours of Hannity, read your bible verses, hate a black person, work a shitty job that you hate and project it over the internet at 1115 EST?ASS!

  • Teh Minx

    Fe– I’m with you. I hate it when someone assumes that I am an asshole. Anyone, anyone that knows me IRL or from this group would say the exact opposite.The PTT is a time to be a little looser, have fun with each other, make some references to Jane’s Basement. I don’t like being forced to defend myself here.

  • fe

    gyps: I like Travis too, a bit.

  • jane

    Lyle is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.Also a pussy.

  • Teh Minx

    Hope that you’re feeling better soon, Lyle. You didn’t know this, but I am disabled and have good/bad days myself.Give your pup some love & I hope you get a good night’s rest.

  • GIthePotato

    What is the intertubes signal for pussy?)i( ?Someone with the correct hardware help me out. Lyle?

  • Teh Minx

    Hey GI the Potato– Question for you as a military guy– Do you think that anything will come of the talk of war crimes prosecution of Cheney, et. al., or is it all just going to settle down to nothing?

  • gypsy

    i promise guys in earlier comments lyle wasn’t a dick! i don’t know what happened. oh shit can i catch it?! damn, now i think i have the troll!

  • Teh Minx

    Gyps & Fe– I have hopes for Travis, too. Maybe I just look a little too hard for the good in people and should let it go with some folks.Gyps, Sweetie, I’m rockin’ leopard print with hot pink roses flannel PJ’s right now– if you’re changing, I could too… How does silk sound to you?

  • GIthePotato

    Minx, I would like to see something happen so this evil shit never happens again but it would be politically unsound for Prez Obama to do it.

  • SillyGit

    ‘Travis D’ is a ball buster. Even when he agrees with his target he will make a contrary statement just to bust them.Lee is his favorite target and he rides Lee relentlessly.I doubt he dislikes anyone, he just can’t help himself. He just HAS to bust balls.I think he only accidentally reveals his real opinions.

  • gypsy

    i think jane has passed out from a stress/alcohol combo…or she and fe are having innertubes lovin’…

  • Teh Minx

    Now for some fun– How are the puppers, GI Potato? Was the father a chihuahua as well? Are they purebred?Jane from the Hague– do we need to send out the strike force or ignore when assiness occurs?? Your thoughts?

  • fe

    yes, yes we are…Silly: sometimes it can be useful to have a ball buster, though.

  • GIthePotato

    Nite guys.Yup, purebred. He is the brown one with smooth fur in one of the photos.

  • gypsy

    nite gi.

  • jane

    I’m no fan of Lyle.Smile.

  • gypsy

    really jane?! that doesn’t sound like you… ;)

  • jane

    (Really. Smile? WTF.)Smile this. Asshole.

  • fe

    g’night, GI.to gyps, Jane, and the minx: why is it always the three of us on late?

  • SillyGit

    fe -I agree. Of course I should have said that this is my theory of what Travis is doing.Since I came to this theory, I find Travis entertaining. Think of Don Rickles. If you think of him as doing this for humor, it has a whole new meaning. Otherwise, he just looks like a prick.

  • jane

    Sometimes Travis is funny as shit. (Hear that, Travis??)Just, sometimes not.

  • gypsy

    because that’s how we roll fe…we are “ride til ya die” or “blog til ya die” =)

  • Lyle

    I’m awake again. Let the bells ring out and the banners fly. It’s too good to be true, but I’m here. I’m here!Are the Bobettes still awake? Is everyone but gypsy still paranoid and hostile? I don’t like change. smile

  • jane

    I like when wingnut trolls come around and Travis whups on ‘em. For example.

  • gypsy

    uh oh…late night lyle and jane?! could get nasty…

  • Lyle

    PFC Potato….looks like this: \|/enemy or foe? hmmm…now what would the enemy say? And a friend? Have another toke? A: One of it’s legs are both the same. Q: What’s the difference between a chicken? Unless you think you are a Bobette, then the school thingy has zilch to do with you, so no need to get twisted.Jane, you are the coolest. Tea finished, must get back to trolling all over the interwebs and doing mindcontrol. Oh, there’s Rod Serling, he wants me to go with him now. Ta ta

  • The Minx

    Well, I’m on late because my sleep patterns are a bit screwed up because of the pain meds. I usually settle down around Midnight Central time. What about you? Don’t you folks have to be up early for school/work?

  • fe

    that was gibberish, I think…

  • Lyle

    What the FUCK?!!! Are you accusing me of being in school???? FUCK!!! ASS!Hey, I think I’m getting the hang of this. How am I doing?

  • fe

    Lyle’s post, not Minx’s.

  • fe

    condescending and dickish, Lyle. You come here, claim to want to be friends with us, and proceed to make fun of most of us. So, fuck yourself.SOIG, you around?

  • Lyle

    fe, we knowlyle = bad

  • The Minx

    Lyle, you are funny. I liked the Rod Serling reference…

  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl

    Yeah, Lyle’s a dick. Didn’t take long to figure that out. Maybe by his second post a few days ago.

  • jane

    Hey, feo. In and out, chatting with a local.

  • Lyle

    fe, if you want a bit of reality, then just look back and see the shit that was heaped on me before you get all holier than thou. Or don’t. The sun will still come up tomorrow.

  • SillyGit

    Lyle -Excellent pussy.jane -Yes, he’s good at that.Minx -No job yet :( But job openings are suddenly appearing and I sent resumes to three different places today. It’s hard to type with crossed fingers.

  • Lyle

    Well my pals, must unfortunately leave you for some nefarious purpose most likely. Don’t forget to always think the worst of everyone. Peace.

  • jane

    Oh, poor Lyle. He never asked for any of it.

  • fe

    I’ve been watching the shit that was heaped on you, Lyle. But, come on, you walked into a community and began making fun of us. If you wanted to make friends here, you should’ve let us get to know you before poking fun at us.

  • The Minx

    the rest was gibberish… I don’t get you, really. Do you want to be friends or not?

  • fe

    minx: ‘don’t forget to always think the worst of everyone,’ shows his intentions pretty well, I think. you’re too nice!

  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl

    Don’t forget to always think the worst of everyone.

    We don’t, Lyle, it’s just reserved for douchebags.Minx, friends don’t let friends try to reason with douchebags.

  • The Minx

    Wow, Silly Git! I will send the best “Wonderful, Well-Paid, Worthwhile, With Excellent Colleagues Job Vibes” into the Universe for you, Git. You are so intelligent and kind that I am sure that my vibes will do the job for you. Really.

  • jane

    Gosh, Lyle’s right. The sun will come up tomorrow. And perhaps I have been too harsh? Maybe I should seek out those who don’t agree with me. Maybe I am too quick to think the worst of others. Maybe I should try to accomplish something tomorrow (besides pissing off total strangers).Oh God, give me another chance! I’m too young too die so miserable and alone!

  • SillyGit

    Lyle -If you want people to not think you are a dick, you should try to not act like one for at least a half hour or so.The people here are pretty tolerant of anything except stupidity.

  • The Minx

    Thanks Carl of the Way Broad, I think that sometimes I look for the best in people when it is just not there. I need to be reminded by my friends that some people are just what they seem to be– assholes.

  • SillyGit

    jane -ROTFLMAOThat’s the funniest thing I’ve read in a very long while.I am now your slave.

  • Lyle

    Tough crowd tonight.

  • jane

    Well, Git, you should know the routine: put on the gimp mask and get in mah basement.

  • jane

    Lyle, you’ve been threatening to leave for quite a while now. Whyncha make good on that threat?

  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl

    The only thing worse than a troll is a lurker troll who doesn’t really lurk.

  • jane

    Amen, Mr. B The C.

  • Lyle

    Because I’ve been told you’re a friendly group and sillygit suggested I should try to not act like an asshole for half an hour. Thought I’d bite.

  • The Minx

    Good Night All, I learned something tonight. I’m a little sadder for having learned it, but I did learn something tonight. Sometimes, people are just assholes, no matter how kind you are to them. It may have nothing to do with you at all & everything to do with them.I’m still a little sadder for knowing this, but a little freer as well.

  • fe

    as a random spokesgirl for this group, if you can refrain from being dickish, we will give you a second chance.

  • jane

    Okay, Lyle. Bite away.

  • fe

    g’night, Minx. try to remind yourself that the world can be filled with good people.

  • jane

    night Minxter

  • SillyGit

    [SillyGit from Jane's basement wearing Gimp mask]If you think this is a tough crowd…Stop by on a Solstice or Equinox.

  • jane

    Lyle, I still think you owe Gypsy an apology for this:”gypsy, when I woke up this morning and noticed that I was not dead, I thought about you. And then, I figured I should really be thinking about people who have accomplished something…”That is, if you don’t want to be thought of as a dick.

  • Lyle

    what is soltice and equinox? haven’t heard of either one. I really only go to huffington, crooks and liars, firedoglake, and … apologies….here

  • fe

    eesh, I’d forgotten about that, SOIG. Gyps, don’t forgive him unless he apologizes.

  • jane

    that’s your apology to Gypsy? I think she deserves better than “and … apologies….here”.

  • Lyle

    jane, that was humor. Or, attempted. Gypsy was going to kill me for puppy breath and Chris Chelios banter.

  • jane

    Lyle, maybe if you displayed some humor that wasn’t directed at someone personally or at someone’s expense before making those kind of jokes, people wouldn’t be suspicious. And understand, we make some crude jokes at each others’ expense, but we also have been chatting for a while now. It’s not all off-the-cuff kind of stuff.I swear I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt here. Take advantage of it.

  • SillyGit

    You’re not much of a pagen. I’m a reformed druid myself.Solstice – When the sun is furthest north or south in the sky.Summer Solstice (furthest north) – Jun 21Winter Solstice (furthest south) – Dec 21Equinox – When the sun is directly over the equator.Vernal Equinox – March 21Autumnal Equinox – Sept 21These dates were always holidays until the Christians fucked everything up.

  • Lyle

    One of the problems here is that one can be typing and then post something at almost the same time as someone else, and it is considered a reply when it isn’t. Guess it can only be clarified if one notes who it is directed to and in response to what post.

  • jane

    No, Lyle, that is most certainly not the problem.

  • Lyle

    OH. That solstice. Thought it was some website. O.K.

  • Lyle

    Jane. The post you just commented on was written before I even read yours. So…YESSSS. But if you want to always jump all over me…

  • jane

    I think I just give the flying fuck up. You are worse than yelling at a wall, Lyle. And about as rewarding as beating one’s head against it.

  • Lyle

    oooops.

  • jane

    Just because you can’t read that fast doesn’t mean I can’t.Your smartest move will be to ignore me. And I will be more than happy to reciprocate, if you take me up on it.

  • Lyle

    well, as long as you’re not mad at me…I think you’re cute by the way.

  • fe

    man, I don’t even know what Jane looks like.

  • jane

    Heh.

  • LoewLife

    Is it just me or has Howard Dean lost about 30 pounds? he looks good, but his jacket looks really big on him.

  • fe

    jane, I highly recommend you read dinosaur comics!

  • jane

    thanks, feo, looks promising!

  • gypsy

    i feel like don’tpanic reading this almost 24 hours after the fact. ;) my island had a power outage so i lost you guys. lyle i’m gonna try to help. i don’t know why i am pulling for you! give a little basic information about yourself so we can get a better understanding of who you are. and by information i mean address so i can kick your dog and cut your throat! hahaha…i’m serious!